Reviews

The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice

annepw's review against another edition

4.0

My first Anne Rice, and it got me hook, line, and sinker. New Orleans gens de couleur! My Creole obsession married to complex racial politics, married to surprisingly nuanced melodrama (at least, surprising for me based on my somewhat narrow idea of Anne Rice's other novels). I really loved this book. I waded into it and although at times it was a little over-the-top (particularly at the end), it fit the style. "The Feast of All Saints" is moving and literary. I highly recommend it to lovers of historical fiction.

nterlep's review

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

mprasad1963's review against another edition

Surprising and wonderful story. I was pleasantly surprised that this was not a vampire story but a wonderful historical fiction. I learned a lot about New Orleans during the period before the Civil War.

tomtomthedondon's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cavalary's review

3.0

This really didn't catch my attention. I was reading, but my mind kept drifting to other places, until something happened to draw my attention back to the book. Then I'd have to reread the last few paragraphs to realize exactly why did it draw my attention...
Probably settled on this score because I got a quote out of it: "The world doesn't understand people who are pure of heart, it's made for people who cannot trust each other, and are not trustworthy themselves."
In the end, depressing...

thelookingglass's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ninagoth's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

emma_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

WOW. This book was really challenging, but absolutely captivating. Even though I was up way too late reading this for class, I adore it, and I'm sad to see the characters go.

velocitygirl14's review

It just didn't grab me like I thought it would, despite it being interesting. The rape plot also made me go meh, and one of the characters felt like a dry run for Lestat. Maybe if I was a teenager I'd have been all over it, but as a grown ass adult, it felt meh.

moonlit_shelves's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0